Contemporary Iran Economy, Society, Politics

Name: Contemporary Iran Economy, Society, Politics
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ISBN: 9780195378498

ISBN-10: 0195378490

ISBN-13: 9780195378498

Edition: 2009

Authors: Ali Gheissari, Ali Gheissari

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Iran's geographical location, its oil, its nuclear program, its volatile political landscape, its espousal of militant Islam, all combine to make it a key player in some of the most crucial issues of our time. But because of its relative isolation, there is a shortage of hard information abouttoday's Iran. In this volume, an imposing roster of both internationally renowned Iranian scholars and rising young Iranian academics offer essays - many based on recent fieldwork - on the nature and evolution of Iran's economy, significant aspects of Iran's changing society, and the dynamics of itsdomestic and international politics since the 1979 revolution, focusing particularly on the post-Khomeini…

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List price: $35.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/2/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Contributors


List of Figures


List of Tables


Introduction




Economy



Oil Wealth and Economic Growth in Iran




The Urban Provincial Periphery in Iran: Revolution and War in Ramhormoz




Nimble Fingers No Longer! Women's Employment in Iran




Society



Women, Religion, and Political Agency in Iran




Who Will Catch Me If I Fall? Health and the Infrastructure of Risk for Urban Young Iranians




From Punishment to Harm Reduction: Resecularization of Addiction in Contemporary Iran




Iran's New Scientific Community




Politics



Constitutional Implications of Current Political Debates in Iran




New Conservative Politics and Electoral Behavior in Iran




Ethnicity and Religious Minority Politics in Iran




Iran's Regional Policies since the End of the Cold War




Iran's Persian Gulf Policy in the Post-Saddam Era



Index